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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Dear
Can Members and Collection Managers <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Brecknock
Consulting is a national public art consultancy with offices based in
Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane. We are involved in project management of
public artworks for Councils, developers, State government, private
corporations as well as the research and provision of arts and cultural policy.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>We
are currently looking into affordable software options to update and archive our
image (<u>not</u> collection) database – 6,500+ images of artworks –
currently stored on the hard drive. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>As we
are not a collecting institution, our needs for database software are relatively
straight forward and revolve around providing a flexible range of search
options & fields, easy functionality, fast image tracking ability, clear digital
resolution, editorial input and some web interface ability. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>I
have been looking at Filemaker Pro and Mosaic software and would appreciate some
feedback from anyone currently using these systems. How easy is data transfer?
Is there an image limit? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Recently
I spoke with a Vernon consultant in NZ about the new E-hive system, currently
in the pipeline to be launched in August, designed for small organisations with
low budgets. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Is
anyone else thinking of implementing the Vernon E-hive software? I’d
greatly appreciate any advice from small organisations for our digital asset
management.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Kind regards<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>Nicola Vance <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Project manager / Melbourne office<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Brecknock Consulting Pty Ltd<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>PO Box 289, Batman VIC 3058<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>T: 03 9354 4626 <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>M: 0448 180 395<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>www.brecknockconsulting.com.au<o:p></o:p></p>
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